What is a virtual library?

Digital libraries are the logical extensions and augmentations of physical libraries in the electronic information society.. digital libraries offer new levels of access to broader audiences of users...

Marchionini, Gary. Research and development in digital libraries. Retrieved from http://www.ils.unc.edu/~march/digital_library_R_and_D.html. June 16, 2013.

Digital libraries combine technology and information resources to allow remote access, breaking down the physical barriers between resources.

Marchionini, G. and Maurer, H. (1995), “The roles of digital libraries in teaching and learning”, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 38 No. 4, pp. 67-75.